Friday: Ya'll aren't going to believe this.....but I'm staying in the office until the bitter end. (Yes, I'm ashamed.) Then ZG and I are headed back downtown for the First Friday Fest.
Saturday: Do some yard work, maybe wash my car, and hang by the pool the rest of the day. We're going to the beach.
Sunday: Golf with an 8:45 tee time. Then it's out to the pool with a book and .
Monday (Labor Day): See Sunday.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend.....gonna take a V-Day on Tuesday so it is a 4-day vacation. And this Bear was sooooooooooooo ready for it....stressfull week at the workplace.

Friday PM - Play on the internet.
Saturday AM - Last week I was supposed to assemble my new grill. We exchanged it for a better model. Saturday AM it will be assembled.
Saturday Noonish - Wash the rugged Tundra.
Saturday 3:30 PM - Meeeshigan Wolverines on the tube!
Saturday PM - Grillin', baby. Drink Rolling Rocks by the fire pit.
Sunday - No plans.
Monday - No labor.
Tuesday - Work on De Noc, watch olde movies.

I plan on jamming to some loud rock and roll when I am out in the garage, assembling the new grill. Maybe a little Hendrix, Terrible Ted, and The Doors. Or, maybe some Yes. Yes!

This evening: ZG went out for dinner. Nothing fancy; pizza at Red Elephant.
Saturday: ZG and her son are leaving town which allows me to spend some quality time au natural by the pool with some . Probably do some yard work before hitting the pool deck.
Sunday: Early golf tee time then it's a toss up between the NFL games or more pool side time. It will depend on the weather conditions.

Friday-Sunday: I am working on a massive 5 hour powerpoint for an AICP Exam workshop, preparing two smaller presentations (design work on a streetscape plan, chapter professional development report), and figuring out my APA committee's budget (grrrrrr). Of course, that doesn't even include my billable work, but I'm not complaining. Hopefully, my work load should lighten up a little by mid October

"This is great, honey. What's the crunchy stuff?"
"M&Ms. I ran out of paprika."

I was one of 15 winners of a Fox Sports Detroit/National Coney Island Tailgaters contest. So the wife and I are heading to the D on Saturday for a free tailgate party and then to two free tickets to the Tigers' game.

Too bad the Twins have already clinched the Division.

We'll spend the night downtown then probably hit up Greektown for food before heading back to GR.

"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"

We'll spend the night downtown then probably hit up Greektown for food before heading back to GR.

Sadly, not much greek left in Greektown. The Casino brought in a different clientele so many of the greek places changed over (Five Guys Hamburgers and Coldstone). Pegasus is still good for higher end, and for the low-end I recommend the Golden Fleece, though it is not for everyone (food served on wax paper in plastic baskets).

Sadly, not much greek left in Greektown. The Casino brought in a different clientele so many of the greek places changed over (Five Guys Hamburgers and Coldstone). Pegasus is still good for higher end, and for the low-end I recommend the Golden Fleece, though it is not for everyone (food served on wax paper in plastic baskets).

Yeah, I was surprised when I was down there for Opening Day back in April. When New Hellas (my Greek in-laws preferred spot) closed, I knew it was all down hill from there. My wife still has many memories from Greektown as a kid, so we still try to get back from time to time.

"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"

Yeah, I was surprised when I was down there for Opening Day back in April. When New Hellas (my Greek in-laws preferred spot) closed, I knew it was all down hill from there. My wife still has many memories from Greektown as a kid, so we still try to get back from time to time.

Hellas was an all-time lunch favorite. You could get a very nice chicken meal for about six bucks including drink! Now there is a high dollar BBQ where another place was.

Weekend With The Bear

Sad Bear, this Friday PM.....sad, sad, sad.....I had to give my tickets to the University of Michigan football game on Saturday to a friend at the workplace. Something came up and we cannot go cheer on......tough one, because my school was Bowling Green State University ("Ziggy ziggy zoom ba" ) but the big school I follow is Meeeeshigan.

On a nice note, you should have seen the smile on my friend Cindy's face when I gave her the ducats. She was almost in tears. I felt good.

Friday PM - Playing on the PC, maybe work on some De Noc stats.
Saturday AM - Cooler weather (finally, because it was 93F yesterday, yuck).
Saturday AM - Work in the garage, doing some general putzing.
Saturday Noon - I will get to see part of the football game on the tube.
Saturday PM - Grilling out, drink some beers, sit by the backyard fire pit.
Sunday - Work on De Noc and watch olde movies. (Steelers on radio, too.)
Monday - Vacation day! Yahoo!

Sad Bear, this Friday PM.....sad, sad, sad.....I had to give my tickets to the University of Michigan football game on Saturday to a friend at the workplace. Something came up and we cannot go cheer on......tough one, because my school was Bowling Green State University ("Ziggy ziggy zoom ba" ) but the big school I follow is Meeeeshigan.

On a nice note, you should have seen the smile on my friend Cindy's face when I gave her the ducats. She was almost in tears. I felt good.

Friday PM - Playing on the PC, maybe work on some De Noc stats.
Saturday AM - Cooler weather (finally, because it was 93F yesterday, yuck).
Saturday AM - Work in the garage, doing some general putzing.
Saturday Noon - I will get to see part of the football game on the tube.
Saturday PM - Grilling out, drink some beers, sit by the backyard fire pit.
Sunday - Work on De Noc and watch olde movies. (Steelers on radio, too.)
Monday - Vacation day! Yahoo!

Y'all have a nice and safe weekend.

Bear

So Bear, be honest, who are you cheering on??? If the Falcons are your team, you probably want them to upend the Weasels right?

"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"

We would have had a nice day at the beach if someone hadn't misread the overcast skies early this morning.

We went shopping instead and I got a hot top and someone got golf shoes and we had a nice lunch at a gulf-side bar and graill, watching people smarter about the weather than us cavorting on the beach. Sigh...

Tomorrow someone might misread the weather again and go golfing in his new shoes in a thunderstorm.

Warm October Weekend

Gonna be an exceptionally warm early October weekend in the lower Great Lakes. We are expecting temps near 80F on Saturday and Sunday, with a south breeze. Normal temp for NW Ohio at this time of the year is about 66F.

This Bear's plans.....

Friday PM - Grilling, drinking Rolling Rocks by the fire pit.
Saturday AM - Out in the garage, doing the usual "putz dance".
Saturday AM - I have an olde couch to take to the landfill. Might do that AM Sat.
Saturday Afternoon - College Football, baby! Go Blue!
Saturday PM - Trying to talk Katie into a Loma Linda adventure.
Sunday AM - Watch political talk shows as the R's try to explain their lies.
Sunday AM - Watch political talk shows as the D's try to explain their lies.
Sunday - Work on De Noc, watch olde movies.

Friday: dinner with a friend
Saturday: taxiing Emily to her SAT exam and back, domestic goddess routine
Sunday: relaxing and having a "remembering moms" dinner with my girlfriends who have also lost their moms.

"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?"Jeremiah 22:16